JALEBIS

objectives

.To make pupils know the innocent mind of a school boy. To enable them understand what is write and what is wrong. To help them recollect their previous experiences. To encourage them narrate their silly and funny mistakes done in the past. To enrich their minds with practical aspects of life.

new words

Jalebis(noun)=coiled sweetmeats with syrup we ate fresh and juicy jalebis in the hotel. Crisp (adj) =pleasantly hard and freshThe newly printed notes are crisp. Misguide(verb)=To show the wrong path The child is spoiled as he is misguided. .Clamour(noun)=a loud confused noise. Don’t make clamour. Keep quiet. Passers-by(noun)=persons who happen to be walking past someone or something.The passers-by helped him when he met with that road accident.

key points

1.Jalebis are central to this story . 2. The school boy in this story carries four rupees to school in order to pay the fee . 3. The coins in his pocket persuade the boy to go wrong . 4. He spends all the four rupees in buying jalebis . 5. He repents his foolishness and prays to God for the help of four rupees in vain. 6. However this bitter experience teaches the sweet boy a valuable lesson

summary

The school-going boy in this story is in fifth standard . He is an obedient and meritorious student from a well-to-do Muslim family . One day he goes to school with four rupees in his pocket in order to pay the school fee. As the teacher -concerned is on leave that day , the boy spends all the four rupees in buying and eating jalebis . Actually the boy is not interested in the jalebis sold in the bazaar . But the coins in his pocket persuade and get him excited to buy and eat jalebis with the fee money . The coins suggest the boy that he could pay The fee with his scholarship money that is to be received the following day . The next day in school he is asked to pay the fee and it is informed that the scholarship money would be given the following month . With this shocking news he feels confused and defeated . He is afraid of his class teacher and tries to escape from school without being noticed by anybody . He goes to the Railway station only to spend time till the evening . Sitting under the tree the boy prays to God to send four rupees for him by His Farishta . He admitted his wrong and promises that he will not repeat the same again in future . But he receives nothing from God . The next day also the boy comes to the same spot near the Railway station . The starts requesting God only for four rupees . He tries his best to prove before God that he is God – fearing , disciplined , hard working and obedient one . He goes on persuading God till the evening in vain . Then he decides to come to the same place the next day in order to observe Namaz to Allah Miyan very strictly after washing his body and changing clothes . Meanwhile his parents get the news of his continuous absence in school . We can imagine what happens afterwards .But the boy , up to his class VIII , is not able to understand as to why God has not given him a single paisa . What loss He suffers from with the help of only four rupees to an innocent and devoted child like him . When the boy gets his maturity he finally understands that if Allah Miyan were to provide all for the asking , then man would even today be living in nests like vultures and crows and would not have learnt the art of making jalebis . This interesting story reveals us how an obedient boy is easily excited to do something wrong innocently . It also tells us to be responsible and kind enough towards small children .

moral of the story

The moral of the story is , “Look before you Leap “ .It means whatever we want to do in life we must be very careful about the future consequences . If our plans fail we will suffer a lot and sometimes our future may get spoiled if we are not careful and mindful of what we are doing and what we want to do . One must be confident about ones success but one must not be over confident . When we knowingly or unknowingly commit a mistake or do wrong somewhere , our reputation may get damaged and we may suffer from a great loss . That is why one should look before he/ she leap . We must not count the chicks before they are hatched . And we should be aware of the fact that God helps those who help themselves

opposite

preposition

.Among and Between. (i) ‘Among’ is used with more than two persons or things. e.g.: Distribute these fruits among all the patients. (ii)’Between ’ is used with two persons or things. e.g,He divided the money between his two children. .Beside and Besides. (i)’Beside’ means ‘by the side of ‘. e.g.,: The child is playing beside the table. (ii)’Besides’ means ‘in addition to’. e.g.,: Besides the bike he has two cars. .Under and Underneath (i)Under is used for both persons and things. e.g.,: He has many workers under him. (ii)Underneath is used for things only. e.g.,: There is a worm underneath the stone. In and Into (i)’In’ is used for position. e.g.,: (a)The child is in bed. (b)The water is in the bucket. (ii)’Into’ is used with the verbs of motion. e.g.,:(a)He jumped unto the well. (b)Pour the water into the bucket. .On and Upon (i)’On ’ is used for persons and things at rest. e.g.,: (a)The book is on the table. (b)Ram stood on the bench. (ii)’Upon’ is used for persons and things in motion. e.g.,:(a)Ram threw the book upon the table. (b)A dead bird fell upon the bush.

short question answers

Describe the character of the school boy in Jalebis ? Ans. The school boy is honest , God fearing and brilliant student . He has won a scholarship also . One day he carries four rupees to school to pay the school fees . But the coins in his pocket persuade him to go wrong . He repents his foolishness . He asks for god help . He starts reciting the Namaz and some portions from the Quran . Even then he has not been given any single pie by God . Finally he learns a good lesson with this bitter experience . He remains an obedient boy for ever . How is the title , jalebis , appropriate to this story ? Ans. The title , jalebis , is quite appropriate to this story as jalebis are central point of the story . These are hot , fresh and syrupy . A school boy falls to the sweet temptation of Jalebis . He spends all his school fee money in buying jalebis . He eats himself and also distributes them among children . He realizes his mistake afterwards . He prays to God to send him four rupees . But he gets no help from God . He realizes that God can not meet everybody’s demand . If God is so generous , man would not have developed the skill of making jalebis even today . In what way does the boy try to impress God ? Why ? Ans. After spending his school fees on the jalebis the school boy faces a great problem . He prays to Allah Miyan for help . He admitted his wrong and promises to never repeat that mistake . He recites the Namaz and a few verses from the Quran . He hopes that God would certainly help him with four rupees . He place a game with God . In this way he tries his best to impress God in vain . What is the moral of the story? Ans. The moral of the story is , “Look before you Leap “ .It means whatever we want to do in life we must be very careful about the future consequences . If our plans fail we will suffer a lot and sometimes our future may get spoiled if we are not careful and mindful of what we are doing and what we want to do . One must be confident about ones success but one must not be over confident . When we knowingly or unknowingly commit a mistake or do wrong somewhere , our reputation may get damaged and we may suffer from a great loss . That is why one should look before he/ she leap . We must not count the chicks before they are hatched . And we should be aware of the fact that God helps those who help themselves

textual question answers

Q1. Why did not he pay the school fees on the he brought money to the school? Ans. The boy could not pay the fees at school because the teacher Master Ghulam Mohammad was on leave . Q2. (i) What were the coins ‘saying ‘ to him ? Ans. The coins in the boy’s pocket urged him to buy hot and fresh jalebis .(ii) Do you think they were misguiding him? Ans. Yes , the coins are misguiding him because the money was meant for paying school fees . Q3. Why did not he take the coin’s advice ? Ans. Initially the boy did not take the advice of the coins seriously for a couple of reasons. He could not spend the money meant for paying school fees on jalebis . Secondly , the boy knew the harsh nature of the master and the punishment . Q4. (i) What did the oldest coin tell him ? Ans. The oldest coin convinced him that they were telling him for his own good . He can pay his fee next day with his scholarship money . So he would not suppress his desire for jalebis . (ii) Did he follow his advice ? If not , why not ? Ans. He did not follow his advice . He was a promising student . He was from a good family of repute .He did not want to defame for it . Q5. He reached home with the coins in his pocket . What happened then ? Ans. After reaching home he could not suppress his temptation for fresh jalebis . He rushed to the shop of halwai . He bought jalebis and enjoyed them .Q6. (i) Why did not he eat all the he had bought ? Ans. He had bought jalebis for one rupee . But he could not eat all of them because of their quantity . (ii) What did he do with the remaining jalebis ? Ans. He distributed the remaining jalebis among the boys from the neighborhood . Q7. “The fear was killing me .” What was the fear ? Ans. He had eaten so many jalebis that there was the problem of digesting them all . His fear was that one jalebi or two would come out with a burp . Q8.“ Children’s stomachs are like digestion machines .” What do you understand by that ? Do you agree ? Ans. It means that children have the capacity to digest a lot of things that they overeat . I agree with the statement but partly . Q9. How did he plan to pay the fees the next day ? Ans. He planned to pay the fees the next day when he would get his monthly scholarship .Q10. When it is time to pay the fees , what does he do? How is he disobeying the elders by doing so ? Ans. When the time draws near to pay the fees , he ticks the bag under his arm and slips out of the school . He had disobeyed his elders by crossing the railway track . Q11. What was the consequence of buying jalebis with the fees money ? Ans. As a result of spending his fee money on jalebis , he had to be absent from the school for the first time in his life . Q12. His prayer to God is like a lawyer‘s defence of a bad case . Does he argue his case well ? What are the points he makes ? Ans. He tries to please God with his requests and the recitation of the entire Namaz . He admits that he made a mistake . He wouldn’t have spent his money on jalebis if had known about the delay in scholarship . Thus he argues his case like a lawyer . Q13. He offers to play a game with Allah Miyan . What is the game ? Ans- The game is that he will go up to the signal , touch it and come back . And in the mean time God should put four rupees under a big rock . Q14. Did he get four rupees by playing the game ? What did he get to see under the rock ? Ans. No, he was hoping against hope . When he lifted the rock , he saw worm instead of coins . Q15. If he granted his wish that day , what harm would it have caused him in later life ? Ans. If god had granted his wish that day he would not have learnt a lesson to do no wrong in future . He would have been like a bird and learnt no skill.